August 23rd, 2010
The Future of Church Strategy
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My personal thoughts (as if they’re being asked for
) is that “strategy” is not the thing that Christians need to be focused on. Christianity was never a historical success because people wanted what we provided. Christianity was a success, and still is, when unbelievers want what we have. If a church is faltering it’s probably not because they have a poor strategy, but because the people have a weak spirit. Perhaps that statement is overly black and white, but I think that there’s a lot of truth in it.
Sorry, Kevin, but I can’t agree with your first statement. In fact the oldest definition of strategy that I have found in my research is 1 Chron.12:32 — “who understood the times, and knew what to do”. I am currently writing a book entitled “Strategic Discernment: How 21st Century Christian Leaders can best understand the times and know what their enterprise should do”. However, that doesn’t mean that we look for OUR strategy — rather we seek to discern God’s purpose for us and God’s strategy for attaining that purpose.
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Gordon
Keep posting stuff like this i really like it
I would kill to be in on that group discussion.
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Awesome stuff! We are trying to get back to focusing on that number of people who are not interested in a positive church experience. This will require new forms, strategies, and measurements… Hoping to learn from you along the way on this! Thanks for sharing!
Very cool! The Spirit is moving. We just presented a very similar concept/vision to our church and are calling it the Mega/Mini vision. It is time for the Kingdom of God to lead the way. Micro movements with mega kingdom impact!